Observations focused on the problems of an underdeveloped country, Venezuela, with some serendipity about the world (orchids, techs, science, investments, politics) at large. A famous Venezuelan, Juan Pablo Perez Alfonzo, referred to oil as the devil's excrement. For countries, easy wealth appears indeed to be the sure path to failure. Venezuela might be a clear example of that.

Don’t forget the Gadhafi Human Rights Award that was given the Chavez. Chavez was actually proud of receiving this award. Since then Chavez has worked diligently on upholding Gadhafi’s standards of human rights in Venezuela.

As a Marxist I do find it strange that many on the so called Left supported Qaddafi to begin with after 42 years of autocratic rule and repression.He banned trade unions, left parties, supported wars in other countries and many times was a lackey for British, French, Italian and US imperialism.

The bureaucracy in Venezuela made a mistake in calling him a anti-imperialist and has conducted their foreign policy like any other capitalist country with the idea that “the enemy of my enmey is my friend” and and not proletarian internationalism.

I am sure at some point in time the grassroots and workers will take control and bring forward real socialist policies at home and abroad!

Yeah. Amazing, isn’t it?
Read this again: “at some point in time the grassroots and workers will take control and bring forward real socialist policies at home and abroad!”
The guys are mostly atheists but they really sound like Jehova witnesses…it’s just another religion, no debate, no open discussion.

>>>The guys are mostly atheists but they really sound like Jehova witnesses…it’s just another religion, no debate, no open discussion.<<<

No, their god is Karl Marx. Their religion is Communism. Their trinity is the Collective. Their apostles are Lenin, Stalin, Trotsky, et al. Their inquisition is the Cheka. Like many religions, they are happy to sacrifice millions of humans to their god.

Chavez has called himself a Maoist (In China) a follower of Mandela (In South Africa), Martin Luther King, a social democrat, a Marxist, a communist… he is a mirror reflecting whatever audience he is speaking to.

I know this is way off topic, but the sporting world just witnessed another great Venezuelan shortstop (campo corto), Elvis Andrus, who deserves MVP recognition in game 2 of the world series for the Texas Rangers. He is but the latest of a long list of stellar Criollos at that position, i.e Chico Carrasquel, Luis Aparicio (Sala de Honor), David Concepcion, Ozzie Guillen, e Omar Vizquel.

What a spectacle- a bunch of brain-washed chavistas in red-
they had no idea what they were doing-forgive them for their
utter stupidity.
This is not the people of Venezuela- just a hand-picked group
of absolute morons wallowing in Chavez’s infection.